When you’re having tough conversations it’s critical to be honest, kind, and sets standards for the future. It not only sets you apart as a leader on the team but it helps people work more effectively. It also sets the team up for success. I actually have 6 great reasons why you want to have […]
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Years ago, I went for a walk with a co-worker because she needed to decompress. She was a friend and was unbelievably stressed. You see, she was about a year into her role and did not have a good relationship with her boss. They’re time together was purely transactional, and they didn’t trust one another
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I’ll be honest, I used to think Sunday Scaries were a myth. It was an odd thought to me. Our family spends a lot of time making the most of the weekend from Friday afternoon to Sunday evening, and it’s great time, but I never dreaded Monday. My husband was the same. He wasn’t dreading
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Have you heard the advice, put your head down and do the work? It implies that something magical will happen when you pick your head back up. Yeah? That’s bunk. I’ve heard it so many times over the years. It comes up during people’s performance reviews. It comes up when people are coached toward a
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It pains me to say it friend, but I hear it all the time. I get calls, DMs, or comments in passing that people are feeling stuck, frustrated, and scared to change in their careers. They tell me about what their boss did, or how the system is working against them, even that they aren’t
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I couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve heard people say that they aren’t getting any sort of development plan from their boss. They have been putting in the hours and made sacrifices in their personal lives to be there for the business. Maybe they aren’t looking to climb the corporate ladder. They want to
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Recently my kids tried to teach me an entirely new concept. It started with on of my boys telling me about his day at school and saying I’m the fastest in my class but I’m not the fastest in my school. I mean, I’m not the fastest in my school, yet. You’re supposed to say
Simplifying Success: Master the Art of Growth Mindset in Your Career Read More »
Have you ever caught yourself saying something like, I can’t do anything right. You’re feeling overwhelmed at work with asks coming at you from all directions and critiques seeming to follow each one. Then you’re home and no one likes dinner. You break a glass washing the dishes, realize you didn’t sign the permission slip
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Think of the last time you made dinner. It’s getting a little later than you would have liked and you don’t have every exact ingredient you need. Your chicken is kind of dry and your side dish didn’t work out. So, you make an impromptu sauce to cover the chicken. You look in the back
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One of the key questions within any employee engagement survey is around friendships at work. That is because all those researchers who put their heads together to build those things know that your relationships are one of the biggest determining factors of your happiness. Now, you don’t need to have a million friends. Your work
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